“Most human problems come from expectations.” — Esther Perel We don’t enter relationships expecting perfection. We enter them expecting progress. At the beginning, honesty is cautious. We reveal ourselves in instalments. The safe bits first. The likeable bits. The parts that won’t scare anyone off before dessert arrives. And that’s normal. No one sits across…
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When the Outside Gets Inside
“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” — Anaïs Nin We love to imagine that our relationships are private territories — small, contained, and untouched by the chaos of the outside world. As if love happens in a vacuum, sealed off like a museum exhibit: “Do Not Disturb. Important…
Read MoreWhy We Return to What Hurts: The Loops We Call Love
“We are more loyal to our past suffering than to our future possibilities.” — Carl Jung Why do we keep hurting ourselves? Honestly, if humans came with instruction manuals, this bit would probably be filed under “known faults” in tiny letters next to the battery warning. We know the picture will sting, the old text…
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